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Hambleton District Council has started work on the construction of a two-changing room pavilion at Sowerby Sports Village near Thirsk.  The pavilion is part of a £1.3m investment that includes the construction of a full […]

A recently retired Army major from Thirsk has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Sip Powers is a finalist in the inspiration category of the 2022 Soldiering On Awards. The award honours a person who […]

A large field fire near Stokesley was started deliberately, says North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS). A fire crew from Stokesley was called to the incident at 5pm yesterday near Hilton Road, Seamer. After […]

Firefighters were called out today to a road traffic collision amid concerns about a LPG cylinder. The incident happened on the A684 in Crakehall at about 11am today. Fire crews from Bedale and Northallerton responded […]

The Friarage Hospital’s operating theatres are to be replaced and the number increased. As part of a national announcement about investment in 50 surgical hubs around the UK to tackle the Covid 19-related backlog, the […]

A Hambleton parish council has underlined its road safety concerns near a primary school over a housing development that was rejected by local planners before being approved on appeal by government inspectors. Brafferton and Helperby […]

Four men were arrested in the early hours of this morning after officers brought a suspected stolen car to a stop using a stinger.  The vehicle was reported as stolen from the Eston area of […]

Residents have claimed an aggregate bagging depot on a narrow country lane which has been launched without planning consent is “an accident waiting to happen”. However, in a report to a meeting of Hambleton District […]

Twenty new electric vehicle charging points are to be installed in rural areas in Hambleton. It comes after the county council succeeded in a bid for £2.2m of funding for a network of 140 charging […]

A proposal to transform farmland near the North York Moors National Park into a private dog exercise field should be approved, planners have recommended, despite residents highlighting there is already an array of free routes […]